in World News President Trump Will Invoke Wartime Alien Enemies Act Of 1798
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President Trump is planning to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
Trump is reportedly set to invoke the law on Friday, which will authorize the government to “to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including to Guantanamo Bay.”
The 227-year-old law gives the president absolute authority to “order the arrest, detention and deportation of noncitizens who are 14 years or older and come from countries staging an “invasion or predatory incursion” of the U.S.”
🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which will DRAMATICALLY increase the speed of mass deportations, per CNN
THIS is what we voted for!
They’re ALL going back! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6akM4jZQGu
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 13, 2025
Here’s what CBS News reported:
President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including to Guantanamo Bay, escalating his government-wide immigration crackdown, multiple U.S. officials familiar with the plan told CBS News.
The 227-year-old law gives presidents the extraordinary power to order the arrest, detention and deportation of noncitizens who are 14 years or older and come from countries staging an “invasion or predatory incursion” of the U.S.
Mr. Trump is expected to cite the 18th-century statute to order the swift detention and deportation of suspected members of the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that his administration has designated a foreign terrorist organization, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.